Liz Wicksteed wrote to us about her problem of trying to reduce her carbon footprint while she is legally prevented from hanging her washing outside. Because it is an issue that faces thousands of people living in the UK, she has agreed to me sharing her query with the readers of this blog, so that …
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Boxhouse won Rob Pyatt the YAAG 2006 Special Recoqnition Award for Architecture in association with the University of Colorado Boulder. It is a renovation and addition project of an existing 900sf 1940’s property. The existing home was recycled and combined with prefabricated compressed straw wall panels with low cost, locally available materials.
This great map shows locations and photos of low-impact homes from around the world. You can see straw bale, cob, earthship, hempcrete, timber frame, off-grid, strawclay and cordwood homes. Some details link directly to websites where you can find more information about individual projects. There’s also a map of low-impact home builders here. Thanks to …
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In this episode Josh May takes us for a guided tour of the house that he will be spending the next month in, the garden that will grow some of his food, and shows us the vehicles that he will be using to get around.
It’s day 12 of the EcoStreet go green challenge! Your challenge for today is to turn down your washing machine to 30-degrees. Eco-friendly washing powders like Ecover and Simply Sensitive work just as well at 30-degrees as at 60-degrees. To go even greener than that, buy yourself some soap-nuts. Soap nuts grow on trees and …
It’s day 10 of the EcoStreet go green challenge! Your challenge for today is to clean up your act! Get rid of the chemical cleaners that you use in your home, and replace them with natural cleaners like vinegar, bicarbonate of soda and soda crystals. Racheal Hughes of Greenmop explains how to do it here. …
Continuing our series of green makeover posts, today we’ll be concentrating on your garden. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to make a few changes to the way you garden, and make a big difference to the planet. These suggestions are not only for those with large suburban or rural gardens. They …
Imagine my surprise when I came across method home products in Sainsburys today. I was delighted to see more eco-friendly cleaning products at my local supermarket and have stocked up on method green tea + aloe hand wash, wood for good almond clean + polish + protect for wood, a wood for good microfibre cloth …
Kevin McCloud takes us for a walk around some eco-homes in Bow Yard, Somerset.